The Hässleholm District Court sentenced the 20-year-old man, suspected of having a driving role, to four years in prison. Two of the teenage girls received sentences of one year and ten months of youth supervision, respectively, for arson and other crimes, while the third girl was sentenced to three months in prison for gross vandalism. The sentence for the third girl has already been executed because she was in custody, and she now receives protective supervision. In one case, a girl who went to Örebro to set a fire regretted it and aborted the fire plan, leading to her acquittal in that part, but the man was sentenced for incitement to arson in that case.
The district court speaks in its judgment about connections to organized crime, and according to the police investigation, it involves the criminal network Foxtrot. In chats, there is writing about hand grenades, and according to SVT Skåne, an unnamed person asked whether an event would occur on Valborg. In another chat, it emerges that one of the teenage girls is on her way to Örebro with individuals involved in Foxtrot, though the specific evidence linking the fires to Foxtrot beyond the chat messages remains unclear.
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According to the prosecutor, the motive picture is largely unclear, but the fire in Hässleholm may, according to the indictment, have been linked to threats or revenge. At the address in question, a relative of a woman previously convicted for an explosion attack in Malmö is registered, and on the same day the fire occurred, she was supposed to appear in court. The exact motives for each of the five fires or attempted fires are not fully known, and how many individuals were involved in total across all locations, along with their specific roles, has not been detailed.
The trial was held in Malmö District Court after being moved from Hässleholm for security reasons, though the specific security reasons necessitating the relocation have not been disclosed. In a separate case, three teenage girls are now sentenced for involvement in several fires in Eslöv, according to major media reports. In one case, a fire was set at the entrance to an apartment building near the City Hall, and in the other case, a fire was started at the entrance to a pizzeria in the town.
Broader context includes 19-year-olds sentenced for recruiting children, as reported by major media, and attacks on Linnégatan and in Härlanda, though the outcomes of these attacks mentioned by Göteborgs-Posten are not specified.